Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-06-23
DIBr NJ THA BUOk OF AkiTHAEflU.
You May Get Fat or Lean. Just ss You Have .
Mind To.

Mind To.
From the Louisville Courier ournai.
German philosophers are reducing human
slimentstion, expeiimentally, at least, to y
very exact science They deal in chemical
compOnents in their anal yses, and their pre-
scriptions OF fc ID are to be in chemical units
instead of concrete quantities. 1t depends
upon whether you want to be fatter, or else
more brswpy without any addition Of tat To
your tissues, or whether you desire To remain
in statu quo in each, 1t also depends upon
whether you wish to feed for state OF pas.
sivity or sctivity-whether your consump-
ton OF the raw material OF your food and OF
the assimila,ed matter Of your body are to he
at the minimum by inactiou, or at the
maximum, or at any intermediate stage you
may specify, for be 1t understood that you
are TO bs scientifically exact in your ascer.
tsinment OF the degres OF consumption OF
chemical elements, as the new science pro
poses to be in the kind and proportion OF the
elements administered.
Your feed Is to be prescribed according to
the requirements thus scientifically indi-
Gated, but not other " iss than in the form of
chemical elements They will prescribe
wholesale articles Of food indeed, and such
as are in approved modern use, but these ar
tices must be selected according to the auan-
Titles OF carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and
protein they severaly y contain. II the person
concerned wants much alimentary fuel, he
| will require goodly proportion OF the by.
| dro.carbons. II he wants to develop his
| muscle, he will need large proportions OF
| protein, fats and hydro carbonp. II he wants
| 10 acquire callops of fat without Drawn, he
must partake largely Of fats and protein. II
| he wants TO fast and reduce himself while
avoiding exertiOn, he may get TO bis balance
by absorbing . little protein, no lat, and
| stint the hydro-carbon.
The compounds OF the human body are
water, protein, and fat. On diet Of two
pounds and ten ounces OF lean meat, and an
ounce OF butter per day, man OF fairly active
habits may assimilate IS grains OF nitrogen,
| and after deductipg the body's waste, he
may add l 3 grams per day, equal to
grams OF protein, or l ounces OF muscle
When the sciente shall have been devel-
oped, the scientific citizen will ascertain
whether 1t will best suit his immediate pur-
poses 70 increase his TAT or his muscle, or re-
duce himself, and after satisfyin himself
that he wants more weight, he may call upon
his butcher and grocer for 3l53 grams of
carbon, 20 grams OF hydrogen, 1917 grams
OF nitrogen in concrete embodiment with
meats and groceries and in addition TO all
this, he will get L. II grams OF oxygen from
the atmosphere. The educated butcher and
grocer will easily understand how to get tc-
gether these chemicals from his stock in
hand, his scientc customers not caring u rap
what particular article Of food may be fur.
nished hiln. All he wants to get at are
the exact chemicals indicated by his case,
which may he found in many things, good
and bad, sAvory and unssvOry. The ele-
msnts above mentioned may be found, for
/ instance, In i5O grams Of Of bread, no grams
| OF lean beef, 500 grams Of milk, los grams
| OF water, and sometimes minor articles.
They succsed in increasing the fat Of dog
| at will, or II preferred they can reduce his
fat while increasing his iiesby tissue, or they
may reduce either or both in such manner
| ~ they may choose. 1t IL all easy and scien
titic and beautiful, 40 that We will all live up
to our chemistry. For, given An accurate
| knowledge OF the special chemical elements
required for the generation Of fat or muscle
| or nerves or brain, they have only to look
for the elements In the various articles OF
food, and administer that con tanning what Ii
desired in due pror )rtiOnR.
There IL no doubt great deal to be learned
In this line OF knowledge during the nexl
ten years.